Role Overview
🏢 About Mercor
Mercor sits at the crossroads of labor markets and cutting-edge AI research. Partnering with the world's top AI labs and enterprises, Mercor powers the human intelligence layer that trains and evaluates frontier models. With a network of 30,000+ domain experts collectively earning over $2 million per day, Mercor is redefining how expertise fuels AI advancement. The company is a profitable Series C startup valued at $10 billion.
🎯 The Role
As a Software Engineer (India Remote), you'll be a key contributor to Mercor's AI-powered hiring platform — a system designed to create a billion jobs. From enhancing AI interview flows to processing millions in weekly payouts and building people-search at massive scale, this role sits at the intersection of frontend, infrastructure, and research-adjacent product work.
🛠️ Tech Stack
- React + Next.js for frontend interfaces
- Python / Go for backend services
- SQL + NoSQL database design
- Cloud infrastructure on GCP or AWS
- LLM post-training and AI pipeline experience a plus
💼 What You'll Do
- Build and refine the AI interview and candidate experience
- Architect and maintain a people-search system over billions of profiles
- Ensure reliable, scalable processing of large weekly payouts
- Contribute to LLM post-training and evaluation workflows
- Own end-to-end features from infrastructure to product surface
✅ What You'll Need
- 3+ years of software engineering experience
- CS degree (Bachelor's or higher)
- Strong proficiency in React, Next.js, Python, or Go
- Solid experience with relational and non-relational database design
- Hands-on experience with GCP or AWS cloud platforms
- Availability to overlap with PT timezone through at least 11am PT daily
🌟 Nice to Have
- Prior experience with LLM fine-tuning or post-training workflows
- Background in high-throughput payment or payout systems
- Experience with search infrastructure at scale